Mar 11, 2017
82 min
Full-HD

Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)

Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.

Category

Crime Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

HBO Documentary Films Abstract

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

Herself

Dee Dee Blanchard

Herself (archive footage)

Rod Blanchard

Himself - Gypsy's Father

Kristy Blanchard

Herself - Gypsy's Stepmother

Jim Arnott

Himself - Sheriff

David Blanchard

Himself - Gypsy's Neighbor (archive footage)

Michelle Dean

Herself - Freelance Journalist

Marc Feldman

Himself - Munchausen Expert

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